House Judiciary Committee leaders should consider “narrow and targeted remedies”...
House Judiciary Committee leaders should consider “narrow and targeted remedies” against online infringement, rather than the “overly broad” provisions in the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), scheduled for a hearing Wednesday (see separate report in this issue), lawmakers said in…
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a letter Tuesday. House Communications Subcommittee Ranking Member Anna Eshoo and Rep. Zoe Lofgren, both Silicon Valley Democrats, and nine others told Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, and Ranking Member John Conyers, D-Mich., SOPA “would target legitimate domestic websites, creating significant uncertainties for those in the technology and venture capital industries.” SOPA overturns the “basic protection” provided by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s notice-and-takedown system and safe-harbor provisions, the letter said: “The result will be an explosion of innovation-killing lawsuits and litigation” that will scare away venture capitalists from Internet-based businesses. The bill as written “would cause serious and long term damage to the technology industry, one of the few bright spots in our economy.” The letter was also signed by Reps. Jared Polis, D-Colo., Ron Paul, R-Texas, Doris Matsui, D-Calif., Mike Doyle, D-Pa., Mike Honda, D-Calif., Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, Mike Thompson, D-Calif., George Miller, D-Calif., and John Campbell, R-Calif.